About Miagao

Our hometown is Miag-ao, located one hour’s drive south of Iloilo City, Province of Iloilo, Panay Island, Philippines. Founded in 1716, the town’s most visible structure is the Miagao Church, which has been for many years now a UNESCO Heritage Church. The beauty of Miagao extends beyond the architectural heritage, it lies in Miagao’s people and its surroundings beyond the town center. It is all about the sea, the mountains, the waterfalls, hanging bridges, pottery villages, hablon fabric manufacturing, fishing, rice terraces, rivers and many more.

The Miagao LGU has published a list of tourist attractions in Miagao and this can be accessed in this pdf. Please click the image to view the pdf file.

Here is a must see video from ANC that describes how the church was built during the Spanish era. Please click the image on the right to see the video.

The dropdown menu is a collection of images taken by our team at Sulu Garden so you may see the range of tourist attractions that Miagao offers. Below are photographs of the most iconic image of Miagao–our Church.

The Miagao Church (Parish of St. Thomas of Villanova)

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Please see this wonderful video from ANC about the construction of Miagao and San Joaquin Churches.

Please see this wonderful video from ANC about the construction of Miagao and San Joaquin Churches.

Rice terraces of the Ifugao is younger that previously thought. It is about 500 years old and matches the time when the Spanish Conquistadores arrived. Perhaps same reason rice terraces were built in Miag-ao. The population shifted to the mountains to avoid Spaniards. Please click here to read more.